I feel I had made a mistake.

For the first time in almost two years now, I feel I had made a mistake choosing Hardware Engineering as my field of study. I feel I would have been better off purusing a degree in Software Engineering.
The prospect of getting a decently paying job is not the reason behind why I feel that way. [...]

A good piece of advice goes a long way!

I had the occasion once to watch intently a local soap opera being aired on a local station. The theme of the show had everything to do with an array of problems the society at large faces.
That day, particularly, the host was drawning upon a girl in her late teenage years who had been madly [...]

Earthquake Survival Guides!

In wake of the recent, harrowing earthquake(s) that shook parts of Pakistan, there is an increasing need for people to understand what earthquakes are, how to distinugish between differently sized earthquakes, and, most importantly, how to prepare for and react to an earthquake.
While browsing for earthquake related information, I came across some pieces I would [...]

Packeted!

Few hours short of noon today, I dialed in and got an IP from my ISP’s DHCP server. Before I could open up a terminal and execute fetchmail to fetch my e-mails, I noticed the two red lights on my modem blinking red and green. They were blinking fast. Seeing as nothing on the system [...]

Why?

Yesterday afternoon, a few friends at the campus were bent on taking me to offer prayers. I told them persistently that I don’t pray. They did not listen and wanted to force me to go with them, but I was equally stubborn and didn’t go.
It was not the first time something like that happened with [...]

Oh, that must have been EFnet’s resilient, not DALnet’s!

Heh! I logged into #darkend on DALnet in the wee hours of the morning of 7 October. The regulars, mistaking me for someone of the same nick from another IRC network, indulged in a hilarious chat. I am making the log file avaiable: dalnet-darkend.log
Worth a laugh or two, no?

X-Forwarding via SSH!

I did not know X-Fowarding via SSH could be so easy. All it requires is that the directive X11Forwarding yes be placed somewhere on a line by itself in /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the remote system from which X applications may be forwarded, and sshd be restarted. The -X switch to ssh then hooks [...]

Random Musings #10

It is often easier to overlook your mistakes and make a fuss over those of others. It is said that it takes a man to admit his mistakes. I say that it takes a man to first realise and then admit his errors, his wrongs.

Update: Night out with a couple of friends.

I went to Nandos, an eatery in one of the posh locations of Karachi that specialises in serving spicy, grilled chicken, with a couple of friends for dinner tonight. We ordered a spicy leg of chicken each, with a bowl full of fries and another with coleslaw and soft drinks. For dessert, we feasted on [...]